Finishing strip for upholstery



May 30, 1933- c. P. SCHLEGEL 1,911,649

FINlSHING STRIP FOR UPHOLSTERY Filed oct. 23, 1930 4- INVENTOR @is ORNEY Patented May 30, 1933 UNITED STATES l CHARLES P. SCHLEGEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOPILEGEL 5. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW'YORK, A CORPORATION .OF NEW i YORK FINISHING- STRIP FOR UPHOLSTERY Application led ctober 23, 1930. Serial 110.490,66.

The present invention relates to finishing strips for upholstery and an object of the invention is to provide a construction Which cealing molding or finishing strip Withoutv any movable cover for the nail head.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of part-s all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a molding or finishing strip embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the molding shown in Fig. 1; andV Fig. 3 is a transverse section through an other embodiment of the invention.

In carrying out the invention it is preferred to employ a nail holding strip in the form of a cloth or wire fabric 1 coated with rubber 2. Over this nail holding strip is arranged a nail head concealing means preferably in the form of an outside woven fabric covering 3 secured at opposite edges by cement to the under side of the nail holding strip and enclosing a strip of resilient material 4 which oifers less resistance to the passage of a small headed nail or tack 5 therethrough than does the nail holding strip 2 which can be struck by a hammer and Will return to normal shape or conditionV except for a small hole made by the nail, this hole being partially rendered invisible by the expansion of the material and being Wholly rendered invisible by the Woven fabric covering which is substantially unaffected by the passage of a nail therethrough. Y

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the resilient strip 4 is made of sponge rubber so that When the nail 5 is driven into the molding the head of the nail passes entirely through the fabric covering and the sponge rubber 4 and comes to rest against the nail holding strip.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, the resilient strip 4a is formed by a section of a tube of soft rubber, and the nail passes through the fabric 3 and the tube section and into the nail holding strip l, 2. This construction provides a channel on the under side of the soft rubber strip which adds to the resiliency of the latter and causes thev rubber to spring away from the nail head after the nail has been driven therethrough.

In using the molding or finishing strip, a nail or tack With a small head is driven into the molding through the outer textile fabric and the yielding strip, the hammer compressing the soft yielding strip which permits the nail head to pass therethrough until the head engages the holding strip l, 2 When the progress of the nail is stopped. The yielding material springs back and the hole therein is practically closed While that in the fabric is invisible due to the fact that the yielding strip acts to readjust the strands of the fabric. In. other Words the nail holding portion is covererd by a self closing means for the holes made by a nail passing therethrough.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A linishing strip comprising a nail holding strip, a resilient strip having less nail holding quality than the first named strip, and a Woven fabric covering securing said strips together and through which the nail heads are sunk.

2. A finishing strip comprising a nail` sunk against said holding strip.

8. A nishing stripV comprising a nail holding strip, and a strip of resilient material secured over the nail holding strip and having a channel in its under side affording a clearance space between said material and said holding strip. Y

4. A finishing strip comprising a nail holding strip, a strip of resilient material overlying said nail holding strip and having an initially imperforate surface through which the nail heads are sunk against said holding strip, and a Woven fabric covering securing said strips together. and; adapted to close over the said nail heads.

CHARLES P. SCHLEGEL.. .i 

